| Where do you get your protein? The plant-based diet answer |
If you follow a plant-based diet, or eat in a way that is even remotely vegetarian, I'm betting that the question, 'Where do you get your protein?' is nothing new to you. Let alone if you eat card-carrying vegan-style.
Advertising and lobbying by the big boys of beef, chicken, fish, eggs and dairy products are
to blame for the repeated question, "What about your protein?" which is
grounded in the marketing-driven push for high-protein foods. It is not
grounded in the rules of good nutrition.
Is protein an important nutrient in the human diet? Of course. We need those aminos, baby!
Yet over and over again it has been
demonstrated that we get all the amino acids we need in a varied
whole-foods, plant-based diet.
The only cases of protein deficiency are in those
diets deficient in calories, period. And unless you are a fruitarian -
eating ONLY fruit - or you are severely falling short in your caloric
needs each day, it's time, once again, to lay this groundless concern to
rest. It's time to put the protein pedestal on tilt.
2 answers to the "Where do you get your protein?" question:
Here are 2 simple, friendly replies to have at hand when the question, "What about protein?" or the more ubiquitous, "Where do you get your protein?" lands in your lap.
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The persistent protein question! If you follow a healthy plant-based diet, no doubt you've gotten the question "Where do you get our protein?" too - a lot.
